This time it was a gun range instructor in Arizona who was shot and killed by a 9 year old girl he was giving instructions to for operating a UZI, a military weapon that does not belong in the hands of civilians. The young girl was taking lessons how to fire the UZI.
How could adult parents allow a daughter so young to handle such a weapon even on a gun range under supervision? And how could a gun range operator allow such a young girl to handle such a weapon? What is going on here? Are we becoming a Macho society that thinks guns identify who we are. Does the second ammendant rights triumph over people's responsibility to society?
The NRA is on record as saying, guns don't kill people, people kill people. I wonder if they now believe their favorite statement is valid. Because of the reckless behavior of the parents, the range operator and the NRA's attitude toward guns, I wonder how this incident will affect this 9 year old girl's future.
I wrote a previous commentary that some one will one day challenge the second ammendment in court. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later. Reasonable people could make a difference concerning this issue and minor children's safety should be the first rule of raising them.
Perhaps this sad preventable accident will change the Macho culture that has taken an awful toll on innocent people's lives. Do parents and the gun lobby really believe a pre teen ager must learn how to use a UZI to protect herself when she grows up to be a young lady? If so, that is reason to believe that the manufacturer's of such weapons should only be sold to the military. Just think, a pre teen ager is not allowed to go into a bar and order an alcoholic drink, but can use a killing weapon on a gun range.
Understanding the past is still the key to a better future and when it comes to guns in the wrong hands we have yet to learn from the past.
This commentary written by John Lucia.
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